I just started reading Dawn of the Clans and it's really, really good. I was in the middle of reading Dawn, but I just could not get invested. Taking a break from the modern Clan life was a good idea. I'm really enjoying The Sun Trail. I hope they expand more on it.

...but it was Bluestar's death that destroyed me. She is my favorite cat, and I knew something was going to happen, but I was not prepared for that. I'm so happy she redeemed herself before she died. It would have been more heartbreaking if she hadn't.

Agreeing with everything said about Yellowfang's death.When Cinderpelt was unable to become a warrior due to her injury. It's like working really hard for something you want, and having it taken away from you with no real reason. I really felt for her because this has happened to me. I'm happy she found a new reason to live by saving her Clanmates when she needed to.

And Tallstar's Revenge spoilers...

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Talltail witnessing Shrewclaw's death was also difficult, because while they didn't ever get along, Shrewclaw was still important to Talltail and his motivation and I think if it wasn't for Shewclaw, Talltail would have never been the cat he was, nor the leader that he becme. On that subject, Sandgorse's death was devastating, too.

I highly disliked Rising Storm and Firestar's Quest for sure. Especially Firestar's Quest. I thought it was so boring and slow and hard to get into. I was so happy when I started reading SkyClan's Destiny because it was about characters I did like that were introduced in Firestar's Quest. This sounds really ranty and nitpicky, but these were the only books in the series I haven't liked a whole lot so far.

I already really liked Tallstar as a character, but I think I like him more as an apprentice. There's a lot of obvious character development with him after a few unfortunate events that happened when he was still an apprentice. He's just so bitter, and I like that for some reason. I look forward to seeing how it develops and how he'll get to being the Tallstar we knew from the main books.